Do you (cuemaker/player) ever hate selling a cue...

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Impact Blue

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...that hit TOO good?

I've always wondered if, as a cuemaker, struck gold with some perfectly aged wood combo, or some anomaly that was originally impossible--whatever--that was a sad release when sold. Or you couldn't sell it; you had to keep it? Tell me all about it.

I'd love to hear your stories and opinions. Thank you.
 
I have built relatively few cues compared to many on here and each one I try to do something different. I have had trouble parting with all of them because of the sweat I've put in them. I get sentimental towards each one. I suppose after I've built a billion of them I'll get over this:)
 
CamposCues said:
I have built relatively few cues compared to many on here and each one I try to do something different. I have had trouble parting with all of them because of the sweat I've put in them. I get sentimental towards each one. I suppose after I've built a billion of them I'll get over this:)
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I'm like You I still don't build enough yet, and hate to let any go, The few I do let go are either for someone that is highly persistent, or forced By the need to acquire extra funds to build more, and/or to re-up on materials that I run out of.
 
Yes i hate to sell cues. I hionestly dont care if i ever sell them. Anything i just make on the fly is bc i like it so it comes from the heart. Orders are a little different. That came from someones elses heart so its more like letting my sisters kids go home...

I would also like to add blood to the sweat and also tears.
 
I'm very surprised to hear that so many feel the way that I do. I hate to sell my cues. Even the ones that I didn't build. If I never sell another, I'll still be happy.
Mr H
 
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I hate selling cues to people who don't frequent the poolhalls much. That effort went into someone's home to not be seen by many. The players who use them regularly and display the cues prominently allow me to see them more often and remember the efforts put in. I guess my pride is a form of vanity.
Tom Gedris, Triple Cross Cues:cool:
 
I have built a handful of cues that felt almost like magic in my hands. Everyone of them was already sold, or sold right away. It just happens at times and trying as much as I can, not every cue feels like that. Certain pieces of wood just have something special in them and there seems to be no rhyme or reason for it.
 
Some day I hope to walk into a pool room and see someone that I never met before shoting with a stick I have made. So far I have only sold four. Two to friends that rarely play. One to a guy that says he will never play with it. He just hopes I get famous. Then he can sell it and one to a guy 400 miles away. If my hopes are to come true, it looks like I am going to have to sell a bunch of them.

I only started building sticks as a hobby four months ago and each one I build feels better than the last. I just see selling them as a way to fund my learning curve. So far I get more joy out of watching other people shoot with them than I do shooting with them myself, but I realy enjoy shooting with the ones I have made.

Larry
 
Certain pieces of wood just have something special in them and there seems to be no rhyme or reason for it.
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So much can be said on this. This is why I chuckle when I hear the "I core my cues so they all play the same" theory.
 
A little off topic but something that happened just last night. I've sold a local kid two cues over the last couple of years. Both have ended up broken and in the trash because of his bad temperment and immaturity. Both cues have been salvaged by dumpster divers and brought back to me for repair. The latest one happened last night. G-10 pin snapped in half at the joint and shaft was splintered. Both butts were fine....long live the fullsplice. He called this evening to order another cue. I just have to laugh. He's broken two $1000 plus cues, left them in the trash, they were repaired to live another day and THEN ordered a third. Anyone want odds on how the third cue will end up????
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
So much can be said on this. This is why I chuckle when I hear the "I core my cues so they all play the same" theory.
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I heard Eddie took all of his coring dowels ( all 10 of them ) to the NASA lab and had them tested for tone. They all had to reach 90 db at a drop of half an inch on a 49 degree angle.
Same with his handle stock but at 105 db.
 
One of my best friends, has an Ebony cue that I built for him. It is THE most difficult cue I have ever made. It is an 8 point cue with 8 recut points (16 points). IT WAS A *****, TO MAKE. At the end, I was so pleased with how it turned out, that I wanted it for myself. To make it worse, it plays like a dream. I did part with it & he plays on my pool team. Every time I see that cue, I wish it was mine...JER
 
Fullsplice said:
A little off topic but something that happened just last night. I've sold a local kid two cues over the last couple of years. Both have ended up broken and in the trash because of his bad temperment and immaturity. Both cues have been salvaged by dumpster divers and brought back to me for repair. The latest one happened last night. G-10 pin snapped in half at the joint and shaft was splintered. Both butts were fine....long live the fullsplice. He called this evening to order another cue. I just have to laugh. He's broken two $1000 plus cues, left them in the trash, they were repaired to live another day and THEN ordered a third. Anyone want odds on how the third cue will end up????
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Any chance you can give us the location of that dumpster?
 
Fullsplice said:
A little off topic but something that happened just last night. I've sold a local kid two cues over the last couple of years. Both have ended up broken and in the trash because of his bad temperment and immaturity. Both cues have been salvaged by dumpster divers and brought back to me for repair. The latest one happened last night. G-10 pin snapped in half at the joint and shaft was splintered. Both butts were fine....long live the fullsplice. He called this evening to order another cue. I just have to laugh. He's broken two $1000 plus cues, left them in the trash, they were repaired to live another day and THEN ordered a third. Anyone want odds on how the third cue will end up????
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Na, seems odds are pretty good....what I want is the name and address of the place he plays ;)
 
BLACKHEARTCUES said:
One of my best friends, has an Ebony cue that I built for him. It is THE most difficult cue I have ever made. It is an 8 point cue with 8 recut points (16 points). IT WAS A *****, TO MAKE. At the end, I was so pleased with how it turned out, that I wanted it for myself. To make it worse, it plays like a dream. I did part with it & he plays on my pool team. Every time I see that cue, I wish it was mine...JER
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Guess if you already went "all out" you can't entice him to trade it in for a nicer one :grin:
 
Impact Blue said:
...that hit TOO good?

I've always wondered if, as a cuemaker, struck gold with some perfectly aged wood combo, or some anomaly that was originally impossible--whatever--that was a sad release when sold. Or you couldn't sell it; you had to keep it? Tell me all about it.

I'd love to hear your stories and opinions. Thank you.
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While I am not an established cue maker, it is hard for me to turn my finished products over to just anyone. I will repair cues for anyone, however, I only build cues for people I respect and like. I know that many may think this is foolish, but unlike many I do not do this for the money alone. I do it for the love of creating something with my my own hands, and I suppose in some small way for the immortality that anyone who builds something gains when they put their heart into what they do. Each cue is a part of me that will out last my existence if it is well built and appreciated by the person using it.

Take care
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
So much can be said on this. This is why I chuckle when I hear the "I core my cues so they all play the same" theory.
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I Agree ... They all dont play the same.

Every once in a while a cue turns out to have that something special that makes it feel just right for me.
I doubt many others feel the exact same thing because each player has his own set of preferences in a cue.
What is fantastic for one is crap to another.

But ... Yes ... it is hard to part with a cue that feels right in every way.

Try as hard as you want but to isolate and repete the things that contribute to that special feel is impossible to do on demand.
 
JoeyInCali said:
I heard Eddie took all of his coring dowels ( all 10 of them ) to the NASA lab and had them tested for tone. They all had to reach 90 db at a drop of half an inch on a 49 degree angle.
Same with his handle stock but at 105 db.
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Are you serious? ... :confused:

Tone is measured by frequency.
Loudness is measured by db.

How is Eddie doing ... is he still making cues? (did he ever?)
Haven't heard anything from him since he pawned his CNC machine.
 
i miss my petree j/b. there's also a gilbert j/b that i sold to an az'r (snoopy) that i miss. then there's a Darrin hill that i regret selling. the guy i sold the hills cue to and the guy i sold the gilbert j/b to were both members just long enough to buy my cues then they quit posting so i'll never get the chance to buy those cues back
 
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